3 people arrested in Anderson shooting death

A woman shot to death outside her Anderson house last week was likely targeted because she routinely carried large amounts of cash from her job late at night, authorities said Tuesday.

Dorothy Hendrix, 76, was found shot to death outside her home about 1 a.m. Saturday. A neighbor reported gunshots, and deputies arrived to find the woman dead and a man identified as 23-year-old Steven Hagood, with a gunshot wound to the stomach. Hendrix's purse was found lying near him.

Two other people, later identified as Bradacious Galloway, 23, and Tereba Geer, 26, left in a car, which was found abandoned at a nearby intersection, deputies said. They were arrested Monday.

All three suspects have been charged with murder. Neither sheriff's deputies nor prosecutors knew if they had attorneys, and that information was not available online either through jail or court records.

Hagood has been hospitalized since he was wounded in a shootout with Hendrix, authorities have said. Deputies did not immediately respond to questions about his condition.

On Tuesday, sheriff's deputies issued a news release announcing that they had seized and would destroy 15 illegal gambling machines from the business where Hendrix worked. They said Hendrix's relatives had told them she often didn't get home until the early morning hours and often carried large amounts of cash with her. Anderson County Sheriff John Skipper said that was likely why she was targeted.